The polarized light microscope magnifies objects invisible or not easily seen by the naked eye. But unlike its other microscope counterparts, it has an added advantage of using polarized light to glean information about the specimen’s absorption color, refractive indices and optical behavior. It is frequently employed in the study of minerals, especially in the […]

A polarized light microscope magnifies objects invisible or too small to be seen by the naked eye. But unlike its other microscope counterparts which merely magnify the specimen, the polarized microscope provides additional information on the absorption color, boundaries between minerals of differing refracrive indices, and distinguishes between isotropic and anisotropic materials. The polarized microscope […]